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A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency | 
| Author: Glenn Greenwald
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0307354288
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN: 9780307354280
ASIN: 0307354288
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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The first true character study of a lost president and his disastrous legacy
In this fascinating, timely book, Glenn Greenwald examines the Bush presidency and its long-term effect on the nation, charting the rise and steep fall of the current administration, dissecting the rhetoric, and revealing the faulty ideals upon which George W. Bush built his policies. Enlightening and eye-opening, this is a powerful look at the man whose incapability and cowboy logic have left America at risk.
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 To vote intelligently you must read this book July 1, 2008
If you want to know what happened, read Scott McClellan's book because he will tell you. If you want to UNDERSTAND what happened, read this book. It's hard going at first but stay with him. He makes the point that good vs. evil is not Bush's primary goal, it is his ONLY goal. The needs of American citizens are an annoyance to him because they cost money that might be better spent fighting "terror" wherever it might come up. The Katrina victims never penetrated his radar because there was nothing to be gained by saving them. Bush thinking goes, "all government protections should be abolished if they interfere with my agenda" and they pretty much do. The tunnel vision mindset as set forth in this book is the most frightening description of a presidency I have ever read.
 Excellent analysis of America under 7 years of the Bush Crime Family June 28, 2008
As usual, Greenwald is a font of facts and breaks down the criminal negligence and outright criminal activity of the Bush junta into terms that even the right wing cool-aid drinkers can understand. On the other hand I think he gives W too much credit in terms of explaining his behavior as a result of a rigid ideological thought process. A far more plausable explanation is that he is simply an emotionally stunted and pharmacologically impared dunce. Typical of a petulant seven year, old he is incapable of acknowleging mistakes and is for all practical purposes a functional sociopath.
Sad and scary May 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sad that one person can do so much harm, using a supposedly good premise - Christianity. And that people can't see the great harm religious fanaticism can do. Scary, because it is our president that has led us down this garden path.
 Interesting, but poorly written May 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mr. Greenwald's book will leave you slack-jawed, even if you already have some idea of how poor a president George W. Bush has been. The best chapter, IMO, is Chapter 4, which talks about Bush's attitude and actions regarding Iran. My complaint is that Mr. Greenwald is not a very good writer, and he often repeats himself. He also overuses certain words, two examples of which in this book are "Manichean" and "overarching", which seemingly appear on every couple of pages. Other than that, it is a worthwhile read.
It Takes a Lot of Help to Be Worst Ever April 19, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Any great achievement, and any great failure, encompasses the work of many. This book, by eliciting sympathy for President Bush, opened my eyes to how the systems that were supposed to protect us - Congress, the courts and the media - failed him as well as us, resulting in new records in low approval and "worst ever president" ratings.
None of these "estates" of Thomas Carlyle's 19th century list of the powers in public life checked Bush's head-long career toward disaster or called him to account when it arrived. More amazingly they have all failed to defend themselves as this executive branch sometimes leached away and sometimes grabbed their powers to itself.
Presidents, good, bad and indifferent, only serve until another election. The failure of these system seems irreversible. That is truly the Bush tragedy.
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